Cyclopaedia of the diseases of children, medical and surgical . e used. (Fig. 10.) This is simply a tin can supported on legs so that it can be heated by alamp, or, if preferable, the legs can be removed and the can be placed on astove. It has a lid to which is fitted a thermometer, by which the degreeof heat within the can is indicated. The tubes for holding the food, varying in number according to thenumber of feedings which are required in twenty-four hours, are placedin a rack which can be lowered into the sterilizer and immersed in thewater, which is made to rise as high as the level of t
Cyclopaedia of the diseases of children, medical and surgical . e used. (Fig. 10.) This is simply a tin can supported on legs so that it can be heated by alamp, or, if preferable, the legs can be removed and the can be placed on astove. It has a lid to which is fitted a thermometer, by which the degreeof heat within the can is indicated. The tubes for holding the food, varying in number according to thenumber of feedings which are required in twenty-four hours, are placedin a rack which can be lowered into the sterilizer and immersed in thewater, which is made to rise as high as the level of the milk in the tubes are stoppled with aseptic non-absorbent cotton-wool, whichhas been found in the laboratory to be the most practical method. Forthe purpose of retaining the heat after the flame has been removed, thesterilizer is covered with a thick cozy, through which the thermometerfrom the lid passes and indicates the degree of heat retained within thesterilizer. An eight-ounce glass graduate divided into half-drachms is most useful, Fig. Sterilizer and thermometer. Rack for tubes. Sterilizer covered with cozy after re- moval from heat. FEEDING IN INFANCY AM> EARLY CHILDHOOD—WEANING. 63 though not absolutely necessary, for measuring the materials which makeup the food. The milk-sugar can be bought in bulk and the proper amount added bymeans of the sugar-measure. (Fig. 11.) Fig. 11.
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